Friday Links #172
01 Oct 2011Programming
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview: Quick Launch
Updated TPL Dataflow CTP
jQuery: » jQuery 1.7 Beta 1 Released
Task Exception Handling in .NET 4.5
Converting a .NET DateTime object to a JavaScript Date object | Jason N. Gaylord
Applications
Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App
Science and Technology
Simulation Suggests There May Have Been a Fifth Gas Giant in Our Solar System
One-Third of Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets In Habitable Zone - Technology Review
World’s first energy-storage membrane devised
On the Web
Five (and Then Some) Tech Tips for Travel - NYTimes.com
Amazon Introduces $200 Kindle Fire Touch Tablet, $79 Kindles, and More
Hands On: Amazon’s Kindle Fire Tablet and Cheaper, Smaller, Touch-Based Kindles
Stuff I Just Like
Try Before You Fly: How Dreamliner Pilots Train Without Lifting Off
Inside the Factory: How a Chef’s Knife Is Made